Dr. Jean-Marc Bonmatin, vice-chair of the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides, recently raised the alarm: “Sadly, we have to see this as part of the sixth mass extinction of wildlife on Earth, which is unfolding quickly. When humans destroy biodiversity, they generally destroy the ‘higher’ species like rhinoceroses and other mammals. Pesticides are destroying the base of the food chain, the very foundations of biodiversity on Earth.”